Jan 282010
Spying on the physical console
Answer:
When you connect to your remote Linux server using SSH, sometimes you would like to see the message that appear in the console, you can view using the following method:
# tail -f /dev/vcs1
Where vcs1 means the virtual terminal 1, possible options are 1, 2, 3, 4 etc.
The method will save you many time from always need to visit the physical server.